“You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Are there books about us or something?” This makes Pressia angry - the idea that this world is a subject of study,… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Who has a book of all that monarchs do, He's more secure to keep it shut than shown; For vice repeated is… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“I walked around the library looking for books. I pulled them off the shelves, one by one. But they were all tricks.… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
writers of novels are so busy being solitary that they haven't time to meet one another. But then, a writer learns nothing… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
I'm far more often annoyed than delighted by previous readers' marks in used books, so I assume that my notations will be… — J. Robert Lennon Copy Share Image
“Choosing which book isn't difficult. The choice is typically the last one I brought home. I acquire books constantly and place them… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
I went through a phase in my 20s when I was overdosing on self-help books, so it was really refreshing to read… — Tamzin Outhwaite Copy Share Image
Kevin Nash came to me; he goes, 'Book, hey, Book, man, you know, this nWo thing is getting real hot, bro. And,… — Booker T Copy Share Image
Most of the really good literature I've read in my life was political, meaning it was important - about something going on… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of… — John Hume Copy Share Image
“Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books...but also give him quiet time to ponder to eternal mystery of birds in… — Abe Lincoln Copy Share Image
I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
But knowing that the world had come full circle to our Depression story didn't change the way we worked on it, or… — James Vance Copy Share Image
“Economists at Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services are the authors of the straightforwardly titled “How Increasing Inequality is Dampening U.S. Economic Growth,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
“As attentive readers may have noted, the standard narrative of heterosexual interaction boils down to prostitution: a woman exchanges her sexual services… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
So we must work at our profession and not make anybody else's idleness an excuse for our own. There is no lack… — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
I read about eastern philosophy and religion and existentialism. All that introspective thinking got me thinking about the great beyond. That turned… — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
Sometimes people read a book in order to not go on a trip. You read a book instead of going on the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
In a longish life as a professional writer, I have heard a thousand masterpieces talked out over bars, restaurant tables and love… — Morris West Copy Share Image
“My Dearest Theresa, I have read this book in your garden, my love, you were absent, or else I could not have… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and… — E.B. White Copy Share Image
“You and Wes," she said, triumphant, "are just likethis ." She was holding a book, a paperback romance. The title, emblazoned in… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it's my destiny to remain a book-keeper for ever and for poetry and literature to remain simply butterflies that alight on… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
My days are filled with writing, reading, and being a mom. Some days, I get to visit schools around the country and… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
“My dad was a rebel. A half-destroyed history book hidden in his room, friends at his funeral I knew nothing about . . .… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
“In this book, much is metaphorical, not as it seems. It’s written for writing’s sake, as if I were to say, “Let… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
I had some friends commenting me books, but mostly it was people I didn't know. But they're fans. They're fans of the… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“1. Speak only when you have something to say. 2. Speak what you want to say and say it in the way… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry,… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
There are still some people out there who believe comic books are nothing more than, well, comic books. But the true cognoscenti… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The moment when the finished book or, better yet, a tightly packed carton of finished books arrives on my doorstep is the… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The thing that makes stories memorable is the experiences they impart onto the readership and the emotions that they make those readers… — Tom Brevoort Copy Share Image
I take inspiration from books, movies, television, music - it all goes in the hopper. Depending on the project, I'm drawing from… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“I read about it in Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up: 12 Winning Secrets… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Women can go mad with insomnia. The sleep-deprived roam houses that have lost their familiarity. With tea mugs in hand, we wander… — Cathy Ostlere Copy Share Image
I have the Sony Reader; I have the Kindle as well. I don't really use either of them, to be honest. I'd… — Chad Hurley Copy Share Image
